| Augustine Joseph Kposowa | |
| Fields: | Sociology |
| Workplaces: | University of California, Riverside |
| Education: | Saint Paul's College (B.A., 1977), University of Cincinnati (M.A., 1986), Ohio State University (Ph.D., 1990) |
| Thesis Title: | The effects of immigration on the United States labor market, 1940 to 1980: earnings depression, native displacement, and economic dependence |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23928383 |
| Thesis Year: | 1990 |
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Prince Augustine Joseph Kposowa is a Sierre Leonean-American sociologist and previously was a professor of sociology at the University of California, Riverside, where he was also the chair of the sociology department.[1]
Kposowa is from Bumpe, Sierra Leone and is a member of a Mende royal family. His father served as the Paramount Chief of Bumpe.[2] He is the paternal uncle of Princess Sarah Culberson, Lady of Bumpe.[2]
Kposowa received his B.A. from Saint Paul's College in Liberia in 1977, his M.A. from the University of Cincinnati in 1986, and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1990.[3]
Kposowa became an assistant professor at Wayne State University in 1992, and remained there until 1995, when he became an associate professor at the University of California, Riverside.[3] On November 18, 2021, Kposowa was dismissed from University of California, Riverside due to sexual misconduct with an undergraduate student.[4] [5]
Kposowa is known for his research on suicide.[6] [7] For example, his research has shown that divorced men are significantly more likely to commit suicide than their female counterparts,[8] and that Wednesday is the most common day for people to commit suicide.[9] [10] Another study he published found that people who lived in conservative-leaning states and in states with higher gun ownership rates were more likely to commit suicide. The same study, published in 2013, found that people who lived in a state where a higher percent of the population attended church were less likely to commit suicide.[11] [12] [13]